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J. TRIPP, JR

5 TORE FURNI TURE Filed Nov. 11, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 26, 1923.

; UNITED STATES 1,4so,33z PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE TRIPP, JR, 0]? LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA;

STORE FURNITURE.

' Application fled'november 11, 1920. Serial No. 423,301.

To all whom it may concern:

it known that 1, Jesse TRIPP, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Store Furniture, of which the following is a speci-' fication.

This invention relates to store furniture adapted to provide a system for stores whereby the goods to be sold are readily displayed to customers and they may help themselves to the articles which they desire. a

The invention will be readily understood .from the followingdescription of the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a plan view of a store constructed in accordance with the invention.

2 is a vertical section through the same taken on the line 2--2 of'Fig. 1.

- Fig. 3 is a side elevation showmg a detail of the store furniture.

Fig. 4 is adetail section on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clutch mechanism for one of the revolving dis-'- plaly cases of the store. Y he storeroom in which the improved store furniture is used is shown at 1 and is provided with suitable rails forming passages for the entrance of customers and exits for the customers past a cashiers desk 2. These rails may include the usual supports 3 carrying rail 4 and, preferably, divide the storeroom longitudinally into entrance passageways 5 at opposite sides of the medial line through the storeroom, and a return central passageway 6 communicating at the far end of the store with each of the passa eways 5 and, preferably, branching into exit pamageways 7 leading around opposite sides of the cashiers desk to the main door of the store.

Turnstiles 8 may be provided in the entrance passageways and in the exit'passageways and the rails 1 dividing the passageways 5 from the'central return passageway 6 may be provided with gates at their front end so that the customers may enter the portions of rails 4 or withdrawn therefrom so as to close spaces 10 left in the rails 4.

Revolving cases for the merchandise to be sold are mounted at thesides of passageways 5op'posite the rails 4 so as to form a space between the cases and the rails through 13 which, preferably, extend from the floor to the ceiling. The cases may include a plurality of shelves 14 arranged one above the other and, preferably, divided into compartments by radial partitions 15. The cases'are rotatably mounted upon their supports by suitable antifriction bearings and the supports 13 may also carry cross rods 16 which in turn support lighting fixtures 17.

, The revolving cases are so positioned rel'-' ative to one another as to permit free turning of the same while preventin customers passing between the cases to t e passageways 11 in rear thereof. The cases are continuously rotated by suitable driving connections which may include gears 18 fixed upon the supporting shafts of the cases so that rotation of the gears will turn the shafts and cases.

The driving connection for the gears of the cases at the respective sides of the storev may include a driving shaft 19 extending lengthwise o f the store and mounted in suitable shaft bearings 20. At the rear of the store the two driving shafts 19 are o0nnccted by suitable belts 21 to a reduction gear 22 which maybe actuated in suitable manner as by an electric motor 23.

At each of the cases 12 a worm 24-is mounted upon shaft 19 and said worm meshes with the gear 18 .of the rotatable shaft 19 by a usual jaw clutch 25 which is actuated by a lever 26'extending into pas sageway 11 and journaled in a suitable bracket 27. By'this arrangement an employee of the store by actuating lever 26' may stop the rotation of the case controlled thereby when it is desired to restock the shelve of the case.

The actuating rod ,28 controlled by lever 26 for operating clutch 25, preferably, also extends beyond the revolving case controlled by the same into the pessegewey 5 as shown M1128. This portion of the actuating may he, journeied ,in a bracket and 18' provided with it-fOOt tresdie 31 adapted to f be depressed by the customer forjdisengeging ciutch 25 so as to stop the rotation of the ease. The foot treedie may be returned to normal position when the pressure ofthe foot is released by means of aspring 32. will thus he seen that a customer may readiiy stop the rotation of one oi the cases when tit is desired to remove merchandise from the shelves thereof. i The Wells of the storeroo'm may be "pro vided with stock shelves 53 from which an employee standing in passageway 11 may 'convenientiy stock the sifeives of the cases 12. At the rear of the store beyond the ends of passageways 5 andreturn passage 6, a refrigerator 84 for perishable articles of merchandise may be provided, and at the sides thereof bins 35 for fruits and vegetables may be erranged. These bins 'ai're,'

preferably, downwardiyisioping tops and bottomsfiti;

provided with reer'werdiy end hinged doors 3? provided with latches" 38 may he provided for the hacks ofthe v hips.

ing arranged in two rows, which rows are spaced apart from each other. end from the wells of the store to form passageways for customers and for employees, means for simultaneouslyrotating'eiioi the eases in' the two rows, and means -ais'e oeieted with said rotating means. for selectively stopping the rotation 0 any one case from the mtermedietepassegewey orlthe passa eways be. tween said cases and theiweiis 0F th; store. In testimony whereofl heve'eigned my name to this speeificetion; I

' JESSE ireiPP, JR.

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